Month: September 2023

China Keeps Trying to Crush Them. Their Movement Keeps Growing.

Credit…Illustration by Linda Huang; source photograph by Tsering Dorje By Ian Johnson Mr. Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent two decades in China. 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 “In 1959, a group of university students in the northwestern Chinese city of Tianshui embarked on a quixotic plan. China was in the midst of the Great Famine, a catastrophe …

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Burner Laptops and Smaller Profits: Firms Portray Their China Challenges

Business groups chronicle the difficult environment inside China for U.S. and European companies navigating confusing regulations and an intensified security focus. By Keith Bradsher and Alexandra Stevenson Keith Bradsher reported from Beijing and Alexandra Stevenson from Hong Kong. Sept. 19, 2023, 9:06 a.m. ET Sign up for Your Places: Global Update.   All the latest news for any part of the …

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Vietnam Chases Secret Russian Arms Deal, Even as It Deepens U.S. Ties

Defying U.S. sanctions, a Vietnamese government document lays out a plan to buy Russian weapons, which officials see as a way to upgrade its military as a hedge against China. By Hannah Beech Sept. 9, 2023 Sign up for The Interpreter newsletter, for Times subscribers only.  Original analysis on the week’s biggest global stories, from columnist Amanda …

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